Quality health care is not a cheap pleasure. To provide citizens with maximum access to the medical services, the developed countries facing the challenge of an ageing population are paying increasing attention to nursing services. According to international best practice, giving broader credentials to nurses makes it possible not only to expand access to health services but also to enhance their quality. At the same time, Ukraine’s medical reform has left nursing personnel on the sidelines. And this is already having negative effects.
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Kseniia Alekankina, Kateryna Balabanova: Schrödinger nursing – a look inside
Nurses connect patients to a dialysis machine on May 23, 2020. The machine cleans the blood from waste products, keeping alive those whose kidneys can’t do the job.
